Episodes 117
Avg. Duration 51m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Nov 2017
Latest Episode May 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Monthly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
65%
Hosting
fyiz.podbean.com

About This Podcast

FYIZ is a catch-all feed for podcasts produced by pop culture escapist John Walker, and home of two monthly hangout shows: RESPECT THE STACK, a book-oriented conversation co-hosted by Bekah Eaton, and NOT GREAT, BOB, an open-ended chat with filmmaker Bob Rose about whatever comes up.

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FYIZ 12 - Boys Club (The Boys Finale Discussion)

May 22, 2026 1h 34m

Bob and John train their eye beams on the last episode ever of The Boys, all the better to talk about both the finale itself, and the series as a whole, until their heads explode. It's gross.

FYIZ 11 - Not Great, Bob: May 2026

May 12, 2026 2h 24m

The Boys is wrapping up its fifth and final season on Amazon Prime, so there's no better time than now to spin theories about where exactly this boundary-pushing, darkly funny superhero saga has been…

FYIZ 10 - Respect the Stack: April 2026

May 01, 2026 2h 11m

Bekah Eaton is back for another round of book chatter, and this time we’re trying not to say the word “interesting” so much! It’s very unsuccessful. Even so, we manage to wrap up our discussion of…

FYIZ 09 - Not Great, Bob: April 2026

Apr 08, 2026 2h 19m

Welcome to the first episode of another monthly sub-series here on the FYIZ feed, a free-range chat with filmmaker and podcaster Bob Rose called Not Great, Bob. Each installment will focus on comedy…

FYIZ 08 - Respect the Stack: March 2026

Mar 15, 2026 2h 15m

We're kicking off a fresh batch of FYIZ episodes with something new: a monthly check-in with Bekah Eaton where we discuss the books we've just finished reading, the books we're reading now, and the…

FYIZ 07 - Speaking Xenomorphically with Bekah and Jonathan Eaton

Sep 26, 2025 1h 35m

This emergency podcast exists purely because the first season of Alien: Earth ended and there was too much to talk about. Thankfully Bekah and Jonathan Eaton heeded the call and brought their own…

FYIZ 06 - Orenda Fink Reaches into the Darkness

Aug 14, 2025 1h 7m

Longtime musician/current Jungian Depth Coach Orenda Fink's emotional and acerbically witty memoir, The Witch's Daughter—all about her fraught connection with her troubled mother and how that…

FYIZ 05 - Landis Expandis Says Watch Out: An Inside Look at Landis Harry Larry's New EP, FKIN WITH STUFF

Apr 19, 2025 38m

This is an exciting one! Multimedia artist Landis Expandis sheds some light on the inspirations and irritations that led to Landis Harry Larry's brand new glitch-pop EP, FKIN WITH STUFF, out now on…

FYIZ 04 - Reading Selections from THE HAUNTED PLANET (1980) with Bekah Eaton, Jonathan Eaton, and Chris Zaleski

Nov 01, 2024 1h 15m

In this FYIZ Halloween special—which is actually the lost, final episode of SKEERT - A Real Horror Show—beloved guests Bekah Eaton, Jonathan Eaton, and Chris Zaleski pop over to read some spooky…

FYIZ 03 - Polly Schattel Conjures a Demon

Feb 17, 2024 1h

Friend of the show Polly Schattel is back to talk about her darkly comic novella 8:59:29 (Trepidatio Publishing), and we dig into every aspect, from the origins of the idea to the narrative…

FYIZ 02 - The Search Is Over (with Chance Shirley)

May 03, 2023 3h 11m

This episode is an epilogue to Saul Searching, the Better Call Saul (BCS) recap podcast that ended last year (along with the show, which only makes sense). Now that the whole six-season run of BCS is…

FYIZ 01 - The Ecstatic Ecologies of Jeff VanderMeer

Feb 11, 2023 1h 24m

Prolific author Jeff VanderMeer (The Ambergris Trilogy, Area X, Borne, Hummingbird Salamander) has a knack for creating engrossing and immersive scenarios that straddle the line between a world that…

Playing Records with John: The Yin and Yang of doubleVee

Nov 28, 2022 1h 16m

Barb and Allan Vest make music together under the name doubleVee and have just released a new album full of big hooks and infectious harmonies, Treat Her Strangely. In this overdue appearance on…

Playing Records with John: Quality & Quantity (The Music of Brian Woodbury and Then Some)

Nov 03, 2022 2h 9m

Brian Woodbury has a sharp wit and a penchant for tuneful compositions that break genres apart and rebuild them around his often exploratory ideas. Whether he’s trying out new pop music forms,…

SKEERT 09 - Ramsey Campbell

Oct 30, 2022 1h 21m

Over the course of sixty years and counting of publishing his increasingly potent and idiosyncratic genre fiction, Ramsey Campbell has authored hundreds of short stories and thirty-five novels (with…

Saul Searching: Better Call Saul Season Six, Episode Thirteen (with Bekah and Jonathan Eaton)

Aug 27, 2022 1h 11m

What a ride! Better Call Saul wraps up a historic run as one of the most consistently thoughtful and well-made television shows ever (there, we said it) with "Saul Gone," a finale written and…

Saul Searching: Better Call Saul Season Six, Episode Twelve (with James Brown)

Aug 12, 2022 1h 1m

New friend of the show James Brown is here to discuss the penultimate episode of Better Call Saul, but first he reminds you to support the eclectic and long-running Sidewalk Film Festival, which runs…

Saul Searching: Better Call Saul Season Six, Episode Eleven (with Bekah Eaton and Jonathan Eaton)

Aug 06, 2022 45m

Over in Omaha, Gene's already dysfunctional moral compass has become even less reliable after he received some unhappy news over the phone. He's taking bigger chances and showing less empathy and…

Saul Searching: Better Call Saul Season Six, Episode Ten (with Bob Rose)

Jul 31, 2022 39m

"Nippy" is the episode of Better Call Saul we've been waiting for since the series began; we finally get to spend a whole hour with Gene Takovic, Cinnabon Manager with a secret. In the wake of this…

Saul Searching: Better Call Saul Season Six, Episode Nine (with Erin Oliver-James and Ronald James)

Jul 22, 2022 1h 42m

In this giant-sized episode, Erin Oliver-James and Ronald James help clean up after recent horrific events in the world of Jimmy and Kim. Have a smoke on the balcony and get ready for a detailed…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does FYIZ have?

FYIZ has published 117 episodes since November 2017, covering topics in Comedy, Music.

Is FYIZ still active?

FYIZ is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 51m.

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